Garment-retaining device.



D. BASGH. GARMENT RETAINING DEVICE.

APPLIUATION IILEDDEO, 22, 1909 Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

,9 lTNESSESi' 0 1/ GARMENT-RETAINING DEVICE.

DAVID BASCH, or NE YORK; N. Y. f

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application filed December 22, 1.908. Serial No. 53%,473.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID BAsoH, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Retaining Devices, of which the following is a specificati'on, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improycments in garment retaining devices, and particularly to that class of garment retaining devices known as shirtwaist belts and which are employed for holding a shirtwaist in proper position upon the wearer.

My invention comprises a friction member adapted to be disposed at the back of the person wearing the retaining device, a belt for encircling the waist. of the wearer andfor holding the friction member in position in close engagement with the garment beneath it, and elastic straps forming continnations of the friction member and secured to the straps at such points thereon as to normally act to contract a portion of the belt. When the belt is placed under tension upon the waist these elastic straps are expaneled to the l'mit permitted by their engagement with the non-elastic belt, and these elastic extensions tend to aid the friction member in securing the garment to be retained against displacement.

In order that my invention may oughly understood, I will now proceedto describe an embodiment thereof, having reference to the accompanying drawings illusa the same,.and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 a view in perspective of a retaining device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing the same in use upon the wearer. Figs. 3 and l are views in central longitudinal section of the some. showing the belt respect ivcly as in a contracted position and as it appears when under tension.

The, friction incmbeif' 5 is preferably provided with a plurality of inwardly-facing projections of suitable form. and is preier ably crnnposed of a material having a high coetlicient of friction such as flexible rubber, rubber composition. or a compound oi rubber and cloth, but it may. if d sired. be of hard ridibennJctal. celluloid. or, indeed, of an desired material. ll'l-eu the material eiw i o -od l. oft rul boa' m the llltc, metal 'tratin end pieces 6-6 are preferably provided which are secured fast to the ends of the 7 I of the central friction member, as is shown.

Elastic straps 9 are secured at their inner ends to the ends of the central member 5. whereby they form routinuat'ions thereof, and at their outer ends are secured at 10 to the non-elastic belt.

The points of connection 10 are such as to normally contract the portion of the non elastic belt between them so that the said portion forms'loops as is drown at 11 in the drawings. When, however, the belt is placed under tension the elastic straps 9 will be stretched until the loop portions 11 are taken up, as is shown in Fig. 4. The belt is shown in position upon the wearer in Fig. 2, and when so applied such tension is placed upon the belt 8 as to cause the belt to continuously encircle the waist, thereby stretching the straps 9 to the limitpermitted. This stretching of the straps 9 will cause the straps to closely engage the dress waist of the wearer and \vill act in conjunction with the friction member 5 to prevent the same from riding up. The extent to which they may be be thorstretched Will however, be limited by their engagement with the non-elasticbelt so that itwill be impossible to stretch them unduly. The belt 8 may conveniently be provided with a bucklel2, or any other suitable fastening device whereby it may be quickly and securely fastened upon the wearer. It

preferred, the ends may be left free so that the'belt may be tied in front, whereby the belt ends may be tied together instead of being connected by a mechanical fastening device.

l t willbe readily understood that the foregoing garn'ient retaining device constitutes an efficient means for preventing a waist from riding up The friction member engaging the back of the garment operates to hold firmly to this portion of the garment which is the portion which is most apt to ride up the elastic extensions then cooperate with this friction n'icn'iber and in their-engagement with the contiguous portions of the garn'icnt-retain a frictional hold lie I thereon suflicicnt to overcome the tendency J of such portions to nu'n'emt-nt, while the helt 2 A device of the eharactei described corn-- 2-";

portion being non-elastic, constitutes an effective means for holding the friction memher and elastic portions firmly in position and preventing their displacement.

What I clainris:

l. A device of the character described'coim rising a non-elastic band, a friction memer having a number of inwardly facing projections, disposed with its rear face in proximity to the front face ofthe banctat the central. portion thereof, and. elastic strap sections connected to the central friction I member at opposite ends thereof, and at their opposite ends to the inner face of the said non elastic hand at points therein at a renter distance apart than the combined ength of the friction member and the elastic straps when the letter are in their normal contracted condition, the said friction member being free to he moved longitudinally i with respect to the band subject only to the resistance offered. by the stretching of the z elastic strap sections.

' prising a friction, member having a number of inwardly faeing proje'etions, and roviclerl with end slots constituting'gui ing elements, elastic straps connected. to the 0pposite ends of the said friction member and projecting longitudinally in opposite direc= tions therefrom, and a non-elastic band connected intermediate its ends to the outer ends of the said elastic straps, the central portion of the said hand between: such points of con nection being arranged to the rear of the sald'elastic straps and the said friction Ill-91.1%

bet; and passing freely through the said: guiding slots, the length of the said: eentral- D. How-Ann HAYwoon, LYMAN S, Annnnws, Jr. 

